Shoe-cleaner



8.1. CRAIG.

SHOE CLEANER.

APPLICAHON FILED JULY 26, 1919.

1,336,284. Patented Apr. 6, 1920 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

ROBERT J. CRAIG, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-CLEANER.

Application filed July 26, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. CRAIG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Cleaner, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe cleaners, an object of the invention being to provide a shoe cleaner having a receptacle into which the cleaning powder may be inserted from time to time, and which may be eliectually closed so that the device will be free from powder on its exterior and can be readily carried in a suitcase or other receptacle without danger of injury to other articles. A further object is to provide a shoe cleaner having a felt pad at one end with improved means for enabling the powder to feed through the felt in such quantity as is desirable for the cleaning operation.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features oi' construction and combinations and arii'angen'ients of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section illustrating my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is an end view of the receptacle with the cover removed.

1 represents a receptacle, which may be of any siutable material, having an open inlet end 2 into which the cleaning powder (not shown) may be readily supplied to the receptacle receiving the same as the occasion may require. This open end 2 is normally closed by a cover 3 having screw-threaded engagement, as illustrated in Fig. l, with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 313,498.

the receptacle 1. The opposite end of the receptacle illustrated by reference numeral 5 constitutes the dispensing end and is closed save for a slot 6 having a relatively large opening 7 at the center thereof. A pad 8, which may be of felt or any other suitable material, is secured against the end 5 and is made with a central opening 9 registering with the opening 7 but preferably 01" ap preciably less diameter than the opening 7. The receptacle 1 adjacent the end 5 is made with external screw threads 10 receiving internal screw threads 11 on a cover 12, the latter efi'ectually covering the pad 18 and forming a tight juncture with the receptacle so that the powder cannot escape and the outside of the receptacle is, therefore, kept clean. By reason of the slot 6 and the rela tively large opening 7 the powder can feed through the opening 9 without danger of packing, and the flexibility of the pad causes a manipulation of the powder. The pad is rubbed on the shoe so that the powder is moved about or agitated and a uniform feed is insured.

While I have illustrated what I believe to be a preferred form of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself to be at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A shoe cleaner, comprising a receptacle having a dispensing end, said dispensing end having a slot therein with an enlarged open ing, and a pad secured to the dispensing end over the slot and having an opening therein communicating with the opening in the dispensing end but of smaller diameter.

ROBERT J. CRAIG. 

